sanct

Usage

• sanctimonious

  Someone who is sanctimonious endeavors to show that they are morally superior to others.

• sanction

  A sanction is an official approval to do something; it may be a showing of support or acceptance for something, or it may officially support a punishment or restriction in response to an unacceptable action.

• sacrosanct

  Something that is sacrosanct is considered to be so important, special, or holy that no one is allowed to criticize, tamper with, or change it in any way.

• sanctity

  The sanctity of something is its holiness or sacred quality.

• sanctification

  a religious ceremony in which something is made holy

• sanctify

  render holy by means of religious rites

• sanctimony

  the quality of being hypocritically devout

• sanctuary

  a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept

• sanctum

  a place of inviolable privacy

• unsanctioned

  without explicit official permission